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Protected trees, high hedge complaints and TPO applications

If you currently have a planning application involving protected trees, a High Hedge complaint, or TPO application, please expect a delay with any consultation or decision. We are currently diverting all our resources into dealing with the affected trees in the Norton / Stourbridge area following wildfires. We would appreciate your patience given the unprecedented demand and will respond to matters in due course.

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Residents' briefing and updates - major wildfire in Norton, Stourbridge

View the briefings and ongoing updates here.

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Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS)

Decisions on planning applications relating to major development are required to ensure that sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) are used for the management of surface water.

Major development is work involving any one or more of the following:

  • The winning and working of minerals or the use of land for mineral-working deposits.
  • Waste development.
  • The provision of dwelling houses where -
    • the number of dwelling houses to be provided is ten or more; or
    • the development is to be carried out on a site having an area of 0.5 hectares or more and it is not known whether the development falls within sub-paragraph (c)(i);
  • The provision of a building or buildings where the floor space to be created by the development is 1,000 square metres or more.
  • Development carried out on a site having an area of one hectare or more.

SuDS proposals should be considered at a very early stage within the development design and planning application process and as such Dudley Council welcome early consultations with the Council’s planning officers.

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Draft SuDs Design Guidance (PDF 52.09KB)

Helpful Information

Further guidance can be obtained from your local planning authority and from the following sources:

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DEFRA Non-Statutory Technical Standards for Sustainable Drainage Systems
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Sustainable drainage systems are used as part of a development to manage flood risk. This document provides guidance into where these systems are required (PDF 52.09KB)